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186 .KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., N. ALA., AND N. GA. [CHA . XLII.In this engagement I lost (killed and wounded) many of the bravestand best officers and men of my regiment.After procuring ammunition and allowing the troops to rest, thebrigade was again put in motion, and moved obliquely to the rightuntil the center of the brigade rested in front of the center and mainworks of the enemy, my regiment occupying the same position inline as above mentioned-on the right of the center. Here the con-flict was again renewed-a terrible conflict, with artillery and small-arms; a hand-to-hand fight, lasting for more than one anid a halfhours, the streams of smoke and fire from the enemy's guns reach-ing our lines, throwing the missiles of death in every direction; andjust at the going down of the sun their works were forced, and theenemy'fled in wild confusion in every direction, giving a completevictory to our arms.I entered the contest Sunday morning with 150 men in my regi-ment, and had 73 killed and wounded during the day. Aggregatekilled and wounded during two days' engagement,,78. A list* isherewith furnished.The daring and impetuosity of all the officers and men of my regi-ment are entitled to the highest praise.I cannot close this report without bringing to your favorable noticethe daring conduct of Lieut. Col. T. R. Hughs, Capt. Lewis Miller(acting major), Captains Carrell, Benham, Lindsey, and Cooper;also Lieut. Tracy, of Company K, commanding Company I. I amsorry to inform you that Captains Lindsey, Miller, and Benham areseriously 'wounded.Too much praise cannot be given to the privates of my regiment.They deserve the highest consideration. They fought like veterans.Respectfully submitted.G. H. NIXON,Colonel, Comndg. Forty-eighth Tennessee Volunteers.[Capt.] W. A. KING,Assistant Adjutant-General.No. 291.Report of Lieut. Thomas J. Key, Calvert's (Arkansas) battery.LINE OF BATTLE NEAR CHATTANOOGA, TENN.,October 6, 1863.GENERAL : This battery participated in the battle of Chickamaugaon both days of that memorable contest. It first went into actionabout sunset Saturday, the 19th, when General Cleburne's divisionassailed the enemy's fortifications. General Wood's brigade hadfallen back under the heavy fire from the enemy's guns, when Imoved up at a trot and let fly the dogs of war into the Yankee ranks,and in a brief period the enemy fled in confusion. Night closed thebloody scene, and we slumbered on the victorious field.In the charge of the same division, Sunday morning I again en-gaged the enemy, and in the midst of the battle-storm had one how-itzer disabled, when the battery was withdrawn, securing the disabledpiece. About 5 o'clock the same day General Polk's brigade assailed* Not found.

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